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NieR: Automata |OT| "I wouldn't expect too much from this game if I were you."
- Thread starter BRSxIgnition
- Start date
Combo Video By Donguri
To avoid all spoilers outside of demo, stop at about 3:32 mark, although stuff after it appears to still be limited to what was shown in trailers. I also didn't see any weapons or spells that were new in relation to what has been shown officially.
Edit: He fights one standard enemy in what I believe is the first open area of the game and there is one move that I do not recognize near the 3:15 mark.
To avoid all spoilers outside of demo, stop at about 3:32 mark, although stuff after it appears to still be limited to what was shown in trailers. I also didn't see any weapons or spells that were new in relation to what has been shown officially.
Edit: He fights one standard enemy in what I believe is the first open area of the game and there is one move that I do not recognize near the 3:15 mark.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
That
boss fight, music so hype.
Or maybe
eve
Or maybe
it was Adam, which one has long hair
Kain-Nosgoth
Member
okay, half of the move he use i never saw them while playing... and i tried a lot of combination (played a lot DMC and platinum games so it's usually the same)
Thats just sick. I feel so inadequate now.
Solid Sora
Member
6 hours in, and I... don't think this is a very good game...
Combat is initially fun, but way too limited. It doesn't even feel like an action RPG, it feels like a shallow, depth lacking hack and slash. A poor imitation of Platinum Games better works.
Enemies are not varied enough. Most of them are really similar, visually and mechanically.
World traversal is a bit of a drag, world itself is overall empty and soulless. I get why, but then why is this an open world game in the first place?
Performance isn't good, which is weird since the game doesn't look taxing at all.
Story is very spare, at least in the first playthrough.
Side quests, while some of them contains good writing, are all backtracking based fetch quests.
Music is phenomenal.
Everyone seems to love it her so I hope it gets better for me, but replaying the portion I played for B ending is already a huge turn off.
Combat is initially fun, but way too limited. It doesn't even feel like an action RPG, it feels like a shallow, depth lacking hack and slash. A poor imitation of Platinum Games better works.
Enemies are not varied enough. Most of them are really similar, visually and mechanically.
World traversal is a bit of a drag, world itself is overall empty and soulless. I get why, but then why is this an open world game in the first place?
Performance isn't good, which is weird since the game doesn't look taxing at all.
Story is very spare, at least in the first playthrough.
Side quests, while some of them contains good writing, are all backtracking based fetch quests.
Music is phenomenal.
Everyone seems to love it her so I hope it gets better for me, but replaying the portion I played for B ending is already a huge turn off.
Solidus187
Member
Spoiler regarding the amount of endings:
That bottom save, lol.
this guy always makes me feel like trash haha.
usp84
Member
So i watching a stream(well more listening than watching) and the streamer was in a destroyed city(it must have been a the beginning of the game) and the music on the background was really good and relaxing so i was wondering if anyone has a link with that music?
Heres is a random video from the location https://youtu.be/4MU0yMgu3bQ?t=3769
Heres is a random video from the location https://youtu.be/4MU0yMgu3bQ?t=3769
Primary take-away from the video for me is that there is a way to use ground moves in the air after an evade, such as the 0:47 mark. I have been able to reproduce most things I've seen but that one must have been discovered within this week.
Edit: Condition appears to be that when you evade then weapon set swap in the air, for a moment you are considered to be on the ground, so if you weapon swap and immediately do a heavy, the heavy will be the ground version. I haven't tested it, but that's the similarity between all instances: Evade > weapon swap > immediately heavy attack.
Edit: Condition appears to be that when you evade then weapon set swap in the air, for a moment you are considered to be on the ground, so if you weapon swap and immediately do a heavy, the heavy will be the ground version. I haven't tested it, but that's the similarity between all instances: Evade > weapon swap > immediately heavy attack.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
triangle immediately after jump is launcher, after a delays it's a Down slash.
Square*n then triangle is a different string depending on your weapon sets.
Hold square/triangle to do a finisher for a string.
Fire+ jump , launches you from your pod.
Dash+triangle in air is a special downslash.
Dash+square is a special move , which launches your weapon as a projectile.
I think that's all the inputs. Sorry if I missed anything, mobile posting is hard.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
I have to restart the game 'cause I died at the big boss battle? What the fuck is this dumb shit!?
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
Welcome aboard.
You can also do a launcher in the air (not just the jump > triangle standard), but you need a target. Certain attack cancels and moves are only available when there is a target in range.
Edit: An example is 0:45.
Kain-Nosgoth
Member
thanks but i already knew these moves! but here he propell the ennemy in the air while still on the ground, any idea how to perform it?
GwyndolinCinder
Member
You can only do launcher in the air after perfect evade-launcher, then jump+triangle . Unless you've found some new move ?
edit: Come to my PC, to explain better.
After a perfect evade, if you do a perfect launcher. Your character doesn't switch to "aerial stance", so you can do the ground moves such as the launcher.
In aerial stance you can do two jumps and a dodge, before having to give in to gravity.
So you can jump do a downslash, jump cancel, downslash, dash cancel. With the light sword this combo will let you move around the map much easier. ( If this is the purpose you can substitute the first down slash for a launcher)
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
The fact you can't skip cutscenes makes this real fucking annoying.
Edit: guess it's only the dialogue at the start you can't skip.
BRSxIgnition
Member
D'awww, 2B & her operator are kinda cute.
(Forest Check-in Conversation)
No, I'm pretty sure that's it. Counter launcher isn't a pre-requisite afaik. You can stuff things between counter launcher and the air launcher.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Explained in edit.
Mr. Smiley
Member
this thread hurts me so
The condition is probably the same as doing the ground move in the air. Weapon swap causes character to enter "grounded" state for a period of time, with which you can reproduce uppercut since the game recognizes you as barely off the "ground".
There are about 8-10 instances in the video, all meeting the above conditions. I didn't make the connection that the air uppercut fell under the same category until I saw ground moves in the air though.
Fakeknowledge
Member
Very early on but this OST is phenomenal. I'm supposed to be finding a rebel camp or summat but i'm just running around the first area exploring to this track.
I die a little bit more every day waiting for March 7th
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
I'm a little concerned about the new patch. It kept failing to download/install. Had to retry a bunch of times to get it to work. Hopefully it doesn't break anything.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
My main download was like that this morning. No problems with the game once I finally got it all downloaded, though.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Right two short videos. Since simply saying you are wrong, i am right, doesn't tend to lead to the best reactions. But theres been enough false info in this thread.
1) No weapon switch. Just perfect evade-perfect launcher- do w/e you like here - launcher
https://youtu.be/k_bXgy70l3k
2) The only other way to launcher in mid air, is if you fall out the sky, then jump+heavy.
In the vid, the first fall, i just fall then triangle. Second fall, is jump+heavy.
https://youtu.be/yeT1No_X7z8
If you dont know how something is being done, please ask though.
donguri has incredible bloody hands to do his DMC videos, but the stuff he shows off in nier is actually really easy to input!
The hardest part is figuring out the combos in the first place.
edit: Jiraiza here also understands alot of the depth behind 2Bs toolkit, so ask them aswell, when there not busy blazin through the game.
BRSxIgnition
Member
Don't know if this has been pointed out yet, but to get Beast Hide (An Upgrade Item) instead of Moose Meat (A Sellable) you need to kill the animal with bullets/beams only.
If you use physical/cutting weapons, you get meat instead.
If you use physical/cutting weapons, you get meat instead.
Definitely will be experimenting more whenever I finish the story.
Edit: That felt spoilerish for some reason, so I removed it.
StrikeFirst117
Banned
I first get into the open world and the first thing I do is attack the wild and find out they hit like a truck.
Though I gotta say I'm enjoying the hell out of this so far.
Though I gotta say I'm enjoying the hell out of this so far.
Question regarding the "Data Analysis Freak" sidequest: I got the data for 21O in the factory and transmitted it to her by leaving the factory, but the quest didn't update in my log and I didn't get any rewards that she claimed I would be getting. Did this glitch out or is there something else I'm supposed to do?
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Lord knows why, must be a plot reason they still one shot me.
TissueBox
Member
I actually agree with most of your points. However, I think the game will in fact be be redeemed by its story and character, predictably. After getting drawn in by the game, once it started to feel a bit stale it was as if it rolled up an extra sleeve. (Deja vu 'ey?)
At the end of the day it might not be as good an open-world RPG as say, Horizon (I know it's not out yet, this is hypothetical) but for fans this will probably transcend the sum of its parts. Once again I think it is a very 'competent' Platinum RPG, but with Taro's touch also a little more -- subtly, at first, but make no mistake. Still pursuing one of the endings myself, so nothing conclusive just yet. Just remember to try at least going through a B playthrough and if it still doesn't work for you after that then it's pro'lly not your cup of tea. But if it is, then you'll find a game that rewards patience.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
No it's a fuckin shit design decision and a waste of people's time. It happens each time you die before beating the boss.
It'd suddenly be fine if we called this game Dark Souls
StrikeFirst117
Banned
Oooof that's going to hurt when it happens to me.
The souls idea of retrieving bodies from other players and yourself fits so well with the narrative, the way it has been implemented.
N° 2048
Member
What boss?
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Er why?
How are its stats compared to what you currently have? Can it be upgraded too?
Is this some inside joke, or...
I've never played Nier, but am really looking forward to trying this.
Edit: Ahhh, I see it's like the Asylum Demon in DS. That's no problem for me, personally.